I don’t recall voting on Oak Park as a sanctuary village.
Our village government touts us as welcoming and says our government will not ask about immigration status. This avoids annoyance and accusations of profiling. It means that people worried about immigration law can get services and makes them less vulnerable to criminals. It would be much better for them, their children and all of us if they were not de facto second-class citizens. Why must our country always have second-class citizens?
Now our village has decided we will make it harder for people to enforce federal immigration law. This is very different. It is in the category of America’s recent dumbest idea: Defund the Police. Are we wonderful because we are above the law?
Robert Sullivan
Oak Park